Xeon E5-4620 v4 vs Ryzen 5 8600G

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8600G and Xeon E5-4620 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking414not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation50.03no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency23.29no data
Architecture codenamePhoenix (2023−2024)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229$1,668

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8600G and Xeon E5-4620 v4 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads1220
Base clock speed4.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed5 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data2 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2.5 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)25 MB
Chip lithography4 nm14 nm
Die size178 mm2246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data79 °C
Number of transistors25,000 million3200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8600G and Xeon E5-4620 v4 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration14 (Multiprocessor)
SocketAM5FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Xeon E5-4620 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
PAEno data46 Bit
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 8600G and Xeon E5-4620 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Xeon E5-4620 v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Xeon E5-4620 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data1.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 760Mno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Xeon E5-4620 v4.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes2040

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2024 20 June 2016
Physical cores 6 10
Threads 12 20
Chip lithography 4 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 105 Watt

Ryzen 5 8600G has an age advantage of 7 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 61.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-4620 v4, on the other hand, has 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 8600G and Xeon E5-4620 v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 8600G is a desktop processor while Xeon E5-4620 v4 is a server/workstation one.


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